Many of our companies are hiring workers from outside Canada. Under existing safety legislation the employer has a responsibility to provide safety training to these new employees.

Many of these employees have a limited knowledge of English and come from a culture where safety is not important.

To assist employers with this safety training we have developed a two day course called English Second Language Safety Awareness. We have removed all the program building from the existing Safety Basics training course and with the assistance of NorQuest College have put this into plain simple English. There will be an examination, in the language of the attendees, at the end of the two days.

Two of our instructors have attended two days of training at NorQuest College. This training was specific to the delivery of training to ESL students.

This two day course meets the basic safety requirements that all employees need to start work at your worksite. It does not relieve you of your responsibility as an employer for training under Section 15 of the OHS Regulation or other legislated training that is specific to your worksite.

This course will be customized to meet some of your specific site requirements:

• Hazard Assessment
• Fall Protection
• Safety Rules
• PPE
• WHMIS – instructor will do a generic WHMIS presentation. The site safety person will follow this with a site specific presentation
• Emergency Response

The instructor will visit the worksite 1-2 weeks before the course is presented and meet with the company safety coordinator. They will discuss the above points and agree on the areas that will be covered in more detail at the training session. The instructors will then use specific company information when delivering these sections of the training.

The instructor will also discuss the English language fluency with the safety coordinator to see if a translator may be required.

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